Door-securer.



P. ROBINSON.

DOOR SEGURER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, 1914.

Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

n rr SA FRANK ROBINSON, OF LOUISVILLE,

n'nnrucirr, ASSIGNOE. or

'TIIREE FWENTIETHS T0 JOHN B. BRACHEY AND THREE-TIVENTIETIIS TO HARRY CATLETT, BOTH OF LOUIS- VILLE, KENTUCKY.

DOOR-SECURER.

gPatentedFeb. ie, 1915.

Application filed February 24, 1914. Serial No. 820,749.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK ItomNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Securers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to door securers, and its object is to improve devices of this kind which have hitherto been patented.

The improvements are fully set forth in the following specification and are claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of this improved door securer in position. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the securer in position upon a door, the door and casing being shown in section as indicated at line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of the engaging member in side elevation. Fig. 4 is a view in top plan of the keeper showing the engaging plate in section as indicated at line 4L-4: of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the wedge member.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The improved door securer which forms the subject matter of this application is adapted to be associated with a door and fittings of the usual and ordinary type wherein a casing 10 is provided with a strike plate 11 having the usual opening for the latch of the door 12.

The securer comprises a plate 13 having near its inner end a tongue 14 adapted to enter the latch opening of the strike plate, such tongue being produced by striking the same from the plate 13 itself and bending it on a line along the center of the plate until it stands in a plane at right angles to the plane of the plate. The plate 13 is long enough to extend a considerable distance beyond the inner face of the door and easing as indicated particularly at Figs. 1 and 2. In its outer part the plate 13 is provided with a row of spaced openings 15 of any number desired, shown in the drawings as four, but it is to be understood that the number of openings is wholly immaterial to the present inve tion. In conjunction with said plate there is provided a keeper 16 of quadrant shape, having a curved edge and two straight edges, and one of, its straight edges properly spaced to be inserted through and engage the edges of two of the openings 15. The other straight edge of the keeper is provided with a nose 18 defining a shoulder 19 against which awedge member 20 is adapted to'bear, as indicated particularly at Figs. 1 and 2. The wedge member 20 may be of any ordinary shape, and its size is such that it may pass between the nose 18 and plate 3 and bear against the shoulder 19 and door 12. This wedge is preferably constructed of channel formation as shown at Fig. 5, such construction being desirable on account of lightness as distinguished from a solid or other formation of wedge.

As it is desirable to retain the three parts 13, 16 and 20 in convenient condition for immediate use a means is provided as a chain 21 for connecting the parts together. Such connection is afforded by attaching one end of the chain 21 to the hole 22 in the plate 13 and the other end to the hole 23 in the wedge 20. The keeper 16 is provided with an enlarged hole 2i through which the chain runs freely as indicated at Figs. 1 and 2 so that the keeper 16 is slidable upon such chain.

As will be noted especially from Figs. 1 and 2 the operation of the device is to insert the tongue 14 in the opening of the strike plate 11, insert the hooks 17 of the keeper 16 in certain of the openings 15 so that the shoulder 19 is spaced a little distance from the door 12 and then insert the wedge 20 to bear against the shoulder 19 upon one side and the door 12 upon the other side whereby by reason of the hooked construction of the lugs 17 the keeper is prevented from being withdrawn from the plate 13 and also the wedging action against the door prevents the opening of the door.

I claim:

1. In a door securer, the combination with a plate having a lateral tongue at one end and a series of openings in its body, and a wedge; of a keeper having a pair of hooks adapted to engage a pair of said openings and a nose defining a shoulder against which said wedge rests when in use.

2. In a door securer, the combination with a keeper of quadrant shape, one of whose which is straight edges has a shoulder and the other a pair of hooks; of a plate provided near one end With a series of openings With Which said hooks are adapted to engage and at its other end with an integral tongue struck from the metal of the plate and bent ona line along its center and into a plane at right angles to the plane of the plate, and a Wedge In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

FRANK ROBINSON. Witnesses:

Jim. B. BRAOKEY, P. D. CRANFORD.

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